The GBC body meets every year at Sri Mayapur Dhama to discuss proposals and strategies for the upcoming year.
Part of the meeting is dedicated to working in strategic planning groups that cover topics such as outreach preaching, devotee care, ISKCON constitution, Prabhupada’s position and so on.
Each morning the groups come together to discuss the previous day’s work.
Ragini Dasi, Srila Prabhupada’s disciple from France leaving this world soon.
Update. Mondakini Dasi: Protected and comforted by the nest of your loving prayers, appreciations and blessings from all over the world, she left her body on the Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur around 2:30 am French time, with the sound of Srila Prabhupada's voice. Our godsister Ilavati, who is near her, says it is very meaningful. Srila Prabhupada mission to his spiritual master was very muc
Srila Prabhupada: In 1936, just on the 13th, December, I wrote him one letter. Not 13th. I think by the beginning of December, 1936, I wrote one letter to Guru Maharaja. I knew he was little kind upon me, so I wrote that “Guru Maharaja, you have got many disciples. I am also one of them. But they are doing direct service to you. Some of them are brahmacaris, some of them sannyasis, but I am a householder. I cannot…” Of course, I was giving sometimes some monetary help, but I could not give any
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati was one of ten children born to Bhaktivinoda Thakura, a great Vaisnava teacher in the disciple-line from Lord Caitanya Himself. While living in a house named Narayana Chata, just near the temple of Lord Jagannatha in Puri, Bhaktivinoda Thakura was engaged as a prominent Deputy Magistrate and also served as the superintendent of the temple of Lord Jagannatha. Yet in spite of these responsibilities, he served the cause of Krishna with prodigious energy. While work
vraja-bhūmi cintāmaṇi, cidānanda-ratna-khani
(The land of Vraja is a wish-fulfilling gem; indeed, it’s a jewel mine of consciousness and bliss)
Let me glorify Vrajabhumi, the place where Sri Krsna enjoys transcendental pastimes. Simply by drinking with their ears the nectarean description of Vrajabhumi, the liberated souls abandon the bliss of impersonal Brahman and yearn to attain the land of Vraja.
With a pure heart let me worship Vrajabhumi, which is the form of the sweetness of medi
Srimad Bhagavatam -7.10.4
TEXT 4
nānyathā te ’khila-guro
ghaṭeta karuṇātmanaḥ
yas ta āśiṣa āśāste
na sa bhṛtyaḥ sa vai vaṇik
Translation:
Otherwise, O my Lord, O supreme instructor of the entire world, You are so kind to Your devotee that
You could not induce him to do something unbeneficial for him. On the other hand, one who desires
some material benefit in exchange for devotional service cannot be Your pure devotee. Indeed, he is
no better than a merchant who wants profit in exchange for serv
Hare Krishna
The art of focusing one’s attention on the Supreme and giving one’s love to Him is called Krishna consciousness.
We have inaugurated the Krishna consciousness movement so that everyone can satisfy his propensity for loving others simply by directing his love toward Krishna.
The whole world is very eager to satisfy the dormant propensity of love for others, but the various invented
Tamala Krsna Goswami: If someone wants to understand what Srila Prabhupad was like, he should read about Krsna’s intimate devotees and associates in transcendental books like Nectar of Devotion and Krsna. Actually, Srila Prabhupad manifested all the qualities of the eternal associates of Krsna. His humor was completely sublime, his compassion was sublime and transcendental. Courage, competitiveness–all the qualities we read about in Krsna and Nectar of Devotion were manifested in Srila Prabhupa
Watch the video for this lecture here:
http://mayapur.tv/wowzaplayer/
From Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir
Date: February 10, 2017
Speaker: HG Malati Devi Dasi
Subject: Srimad Bhagavatam 7.10.3
TEXT
bhṛtya-lakṣaṇa- jijñāsur
bhaktaṁ kāmeṣv acodayat
bhavān saṁsāra-bījeṣu
hṛdaya-granthiṣu prabho
TRANSLATION
O my worshipable Lord, because the seed of lusty desires, which is the root cause of material existence, is within the
core of everyone’s heart, You have sent me to this material world to exhibit
Please find below photos from Lord Nityananda Prabhu's
Appearance Day at Bhaktivedanta Manor.
Slideshow (please turn on sound):
http://davidc.zenfolio.com/nityananda_trayodasi_2017/slideshow
Gallery:
http://davidc.zenfolio.com/nityananda_trayodasi_2017
With best wishes,
Hare Krishna,
Hare Krishna dear devotees,
Sometimes this question gets popped up in discussions ‘why did Srila Prabhupada speak so much against mayavada and voidism?’ He went head on against both the philosophies. For many of us who were brought in a broad minded liberal mindset (read hodge-podge) such sharp criticism, coming specially from a highly evolved spiritual personality, may seem a bit out of place.
Srila Prabhupada’s pranama mantra itself boldly declares his intention, and scope, in no uncertain term
No matter how humble a person may feel of himself and no matter how much criticism is hurled at him, once he accepts the responsibility of being a guru, it becomes his sacred duty to not only give transcendental knowledge to disciples but also accept respect and worship from them, for by doing so he does not only glorify his guru and the entire guru parampara but also helps the disciples receive mercy of the Lord.
Srila Bhakatisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, hailed as the Lion Guru by those who
New Vrindaban is set to host the second annual ISKCON North America Farm Conference from October 13th to 15th this year.
The GBC Ministry for Cow Protection and Agriculture, which organized conferences on simple living in four continents last year, is behind the event. The conference, themed “Back to the Basics,” will be facilitated by ECO-Vrindaban and ISKCON New Vrindaban.
Organizers include ISKCON Minister for cow protection and agriculture Kalakantha Das, ECO-Vrindaban board chairperson Sri
To kick off the World Holy Name Week, ISKCON of Houston, Texas, USA, has announced the launch of Kirtan Fest 2017 this upcoming Labor Day weekend (Sat-Mon Sept. 2nd - 4th) at ISKCON’s fabulous new state-of-the-art Houston, Texas temple. This inaugural festival will kick off what will be an exciting, on-going flagship event every year. This year, the festival encompasses the following auspicious Vaishnava holidays:
Sat, September 2 - Vamana Dvadasi
Sun, September 3 – Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur’s
Hindus as well as practically people of all other religions have great respect towards Bhagavad Gita. Not only religionists but even scientists like Albert Einstein, Henry David Thoreau, Albert Schweitzer and others would also derive great inspiration from it. Although it’s a book of inspiration hardly anyone of us are interested now a days in opening it to see what’s written in it. We just pay obeisances to Gita religiously from a distance.
Many of us do mistake thinking that Gita was only for
